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Part of a declaration which specifies a data type, or part of the [[KeyPgOpen|Open]] statement which specifies a file handle.

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//symbolname// **As** [[DataType|datatype]]

[[KeyPgOpen|open]] ... **As** //#filenumber//
[[KeyPgType|type]] ... **As** [[DataType|datatype]]
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##**As**## is used to declare the type of variables, fields or arguments and is also used in the ##[[KeyPgOpen|Open]]## statement to determine the file handle. ##**As**## is also used with the ##[[KeyPgTypeAlias|Type (Alias)]]## syntax, similar to C's typedef statement.